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Wiltshire in Pictures: Toothbrushes, tigers and barges

BBC A child in a school classroom with a yellow toothbrush brushes his teeth whilst looking at the camera. He is wearing a teal-coloured school uniform, as are the 4 students in the background who are all also brushing their teeth. A woman looks over the top of the nearest child wearing a pink and grey striped cardigan.BBC

People across the county endured freezing temperatures earlier this week, but life for many has gone on surprisingly unabated.

Salisbury pensioner Phyll Babb just carried on walking, children in Swindon have been learning how to brush their teeth properly and the big cats at Longleat have been spotted out and about.

Here is a selection of pictures from around Wiltshire for you to enjoy.

Salisbury Trust for the Homeless Two images next to each other showing the same grey haired woman with a walker in a dark red coat. On the left, she is on the green in front of the cathedral. On the right, she is under an arch with an alley with cars in the backgroundSalisbury Trust for the Homeless

Unstoppable: Phyll Babb hit her target of 100 walks in her 100th year - six months ahead of schedule.

She is raising money for Salisbury Trust for the Homeless and has now doubled her goal and is aiming to complete 200 one-mile walks by the time of her important birthday on 13 July.

Children in a classroom showing their teeth to the camera, wearing teal-coloured sweatshirts. An adult in a badger costume is also looking at the camera with the word brush on their shirt
Three schoolchildren wearing teal uniforms examine and choose multicoloured tooth brushes in a school classroom. A number of children wearing the same uniform and adults wearing cardigans and dresses appear in the background.

Smile like you mean it: On Monday, children at Greenmeadow Primary School in Swindon were visited by Bob the Badger from the Big Brush Club.

He was teaching them about the importance of oral health, with the pupils getting a chance to choose a colourful new toothbrush.

Tom Anders/Longleat A drone shot of Longleat house in the middle distance with a lake in the foreground and a wooded hill in the backgroundTom Anders/Longleat
Tom Anders/Longleat A close-up of a tiger looking straight into camera, prowling on a track in the safari parkTom Anders/Longleat
Tom Anders/Longleat A close-up of a female lion, side-on, prowling through leaves in the winter sun with blurred woodland behindTom Anders/Longleat
Tom Anders/Longleat A close up of a fox, low to the ground and peering through a low branch covered in lichenTom Anders/Longleat

Big cats: Longleat House may be closed for the winter season, but visitors can still enjoy a 6.5 mile (10km) drive through the safari, where lots of animals, especially the lions and tigers, have been spotted out and about.

Wiltshire Council a young boy in a high vis jacket holding a litter picker reaches for a crushed can caught in a plant just off a woodland trailWiltshire Council

Cleaning up: Wiltshire Council launched this year's Great British Spring Clean initiative which aims to get schools and community groups out and about in the county picking up litter.

The council hopes that the scheme, now in its 10th year, will surpass last year's total of over 9,800kg of litter collected.

PA Media Several canal boats parked up in a line on the canal in a wintry scene with the water partially frozen over, the sunlight in the distance, and bare trees lining the bankPA Media

Messing about in boats: This photograph was captured on the Kennet and Avon Canal as much of the UK endured below freezing temperatures this week.

PA Media A walker in hat and thick coat walking two small dogs on leads through a frosty field, with icy trees on both sidesPA Media

Frosty: This walker and her dogs were captured in a wintry scene near Devizes - well wrapped up against the cold.

Getty Images The brown bird with a paler chest is sitting upright on the top of a fence post with a blurred backgroundGetty Images

Chuffed: Meanwhile, this Siberian Chiffchaff looked oblivious to the coldsnap, as he was spotted perched happily on a fence in Swindon.

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